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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

540 AM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007



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MCDONALD MO-

540 AM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR

MCDONALD COUNTY...



AT 536 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW

MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN THREE AND SIX INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MID 

MORNING HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... 

PINEVILLE...ANDERSON...GOODMAN...LANAGAN...NOEL AND SOUTH WEST CITY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3675 9407 3649 9408 3649 9462 3676 9461



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